I suppose there isn't much to complain about in a week when you leave the monkeys one day but celebrate the return of the osprey the next. They are back in the nest. No pictures yet, just confirmed sightings.
Best I can tell the nest took a good beating over the winter so I expect to see my buddies working dillegently for the next coupla weeks. With some luck I'll get a snapshot. Time to start carrying the binos and cybershot at all times.
Above, minus the captured fish, is almost precisely the thrilling sight I had yesterday when I realized what I was looking at was NOT some large seagulls and that my buds had returned from their winter habitat.
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If it had turned to be "some large seagulls", your header would have been "As the World Terns" ?
Dang, Buddy. Do you work at it or does it just come to you?
Whichever, you've got it goin' on as people younger than me sometimes say.
BTW, in my defense, I don't see so good as I once did and it isn't immediately obvious to me, when seen from below at a distance, whether I'm looking at osprey or gull.
The shape of the wings is a giveaway when comparing ospreys to other raptors but they share that shape of wing with other birds fond of seafood.
Knuck:
Greetings from the shores of Puget Sound. Good to see you. We have some ospreys and a few eagles flying over the greenbelt near our house. Haven't seen any nests yet, though I imagine that in a day of walking around I would find some. If I do, I'll post the results.
Knuck,
Any idea when the '07 model Ospring I will peek over the side of the nest? I've been waiting for this post and I want to mark my calendar.
Maybe we should run a Flares pool on the appearance?
I'm guessing about a week or so of running trips to Home Depot for nest repairs then about a month till first hatchling. Probably spot the first Ospring poking its head up maybe a week or after that. Figger very early May.
BTW, have a gander at the site the good folks at Barbee's Mill have put up. They got me thinkin' I should lead an effort to get an OspreyCam installed on our tower. But darn, the mill's tower is a steenking 100 ft. My osprey nest in a real tower of 180+ ft.
knucklehead:
Love your birds.
I don't have anything that exotic here. But the barn owls are making a comeback.
Keep the pictures coming.
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